Yes he is. I never had much use for Tatum. It wasn't the hit, but he never went and visited Stingley or said anything until years later. Stingley was going to meet him until he found out Tatum only wanted to have a photo op for one of his books.

Tatum ended up having his right leg amputated and all of the toes on his left leg.

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posted on 07/27/2010 12:33:21 PM PDT
by Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)

Well, from a die-hard Steelers fan and one who lived through the 70’s dynasty and Lynn Swann’s concussion and Darryl Stingley’s hit (tatum helmet speared him folks, I watched it!)Just one thing to say:

Sayonara, jerk!

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posted on 07/27/2010 12:42:15 PM PDT
by PAMadMax
(Islam is a disease....)

Broadcaster John Madden, the Raiders’ coach at the time, remained close to Stingley, visiting him in the hospital daily after the injury.

“After the game, when we found out that Darryl was paralyzed, John told him that from now on he was a Raider and we should treat him as one,” Upshaw said.

During his induction last summer into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Madden’s thoughts weren’t far from Stingley when he said, “We all like to see hard, aggressive play, but you always want the guy to get up.”

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posted on 07/27/2010 12:43:00 PM PDT
by Ingtar
(If he could have taxed it, Obama's hole would have been plugged by now.)

I remember that hit, and either one or both of those guys could have been seriously injured. There was no flag on the play and league officials played and replayed it ad infinitum to determine if Tatum should be held responsible. It just didn’t look like anything but hard-nosed football.

Stingley was bitter about it and Tatum didn’t want to face him. Tatum became diabetic and suffered numerous serious medical conditions related to that. He obviously didn’t take very good care of his diabetes.

Exactly. You remember correctly, Sir! It was a blast. The old LAPD crushing gang members, Gypsy Boots, the Tooz (even though he didn’t play, it was fun to watch him prowl the sidelines. Yum.) and Al Davis’ hair.

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posted on 07/27/2010 12:54:31 PM PDT
by Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)

"It could have happened to anybody," said Tatum. "People are always saying, 'He didn't apologize.' I don't think I did anything wrong that I need to apologize for. It was a clean hit."

Frankly...it was a clean hit. And he didn't do anything wrong. That said...he could have visited with Stingley. Although I will say.....we don't know that he wasn't horribly haunted by that event. Hard to know what people are thinking......

What a fabulous defensive back. I remember watching him in Ohio Stadium, taking Michigan QB Franklin right out of his cleats. And naturally his collision with Frenchy Fuqua leading to the Immaculate Reception is a thing of legend. It’s always a shame to lose a Buckeye.

He was part of a great 3 year run for the Buckeyes from 1968-1970. They only lost to Michigan in ‘69 and Stanford in the Rose Bowl after the 1970 season. And of course they went undefeated in 1968 crushing the OJ Simpson lead USC Trojans. They actually still sell his jersey at the Buckeyes website.

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posted on 07/27/2010 6:56:32 PM PDT
by fkabuckeyesrule
(The important thing to remember is that Obama reads newspapers and isn't that whats important?)

If it weren't for the Steelers' great run during the 1970's, it's very likely that the Raiders could have won at least two more Super Bowls in that decade--that was back in the days when Al Davis was WAY ahead of the curve in terms of developing great teams.

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